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Definition Revised (2015):
Total duration of ventilator-assisted respirations during postoperative
hospitalization after leaving the OR was >48 hours.
This can occur at any time during the 30-day period postoperatively.
This time assessment is CUMULATIVE, not necessarily consecutive.
Ventilator-assisted respirations can be via endotracheal tube,
nasotracheal tube, or tracheostomy tube. This definition also applies if
the patient was on the ventilator preoperatively and remained on the
ventilator postoperatively > 48 hours.
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